I took an hour this afternoon to sit down in the conservatory and log the birds visiting for the RSPB Garden Birdwatch 2011. I was aiming to photograph all the visitors I saw, but it has been such a dull day here, the light was very poor and I only managed a few shots, sadly. I’m glad to say that all the most frequent visitors appeared as usual and I was particularly pleased when a little flock of 4 long tailed tits flitted around and came and fed on the feeder. Also, this will be the first year I have ever been able to record Bullfinches! They now visit every day – two males and a female most commonly, but last weekend I saw two females and 3 males.
The species I noted were:
Robin x 4
Dunnock x 3
Bullfinch x 3 (two males and a female)
Blackbird x 3 (two males and a female)
Goldfinch x 5
Great tit x 3
Blue tit x 4
Coal tit x 2
Long tailed tit x 4
Wood pigeon x 2
Magpie
Wren
Nuthatch
Jackdaw x 8 (in oak tree at end of garden)
Chaffinch x 3
Greenfinch x 2
Here are a few shots from today, shame I couldn’t get more, but I had the camera on ISO 800 and was only getting 1/60sec….
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